Newspaper cover flat plans

Hannah Richards

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For my first layout I have decided to research into various different newspaper covers in imitate the way they have set out the front cover keeping in mind the target audience for my product.For this layout I have kept in mind the audience throughout the designing because I have laid it out to ensure that it flows well and the reader can follow it easily and read it quickly.I have used candid photographs because I have noticed that fans like candid photographs the best.The fonts I have used for the text content are modern which suits the mature and young adult audience along with the masthead fonts.

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I have decided to use a more simple layout for the same newspaper cover because I also shows the product more clearly and helps the reader and the target audience to be able to read the story easily and clearly follow it.I have also taken one of the images out of this layout because it allows me to add in more text and also fits in with the target audience which is a more mature teenage and young adult audience.I have also chosen more modern and photo shoot based photographs in order to attract the mature audience and they are also of a better quality which makes the newspaper look better.The fonts I have found for the text content is very modern but also fun to suit the target audience, this also works with the masthead fonts because they are modern but also fun.

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I started my broadsheet by creating a 3 by 3 grid which created a simple grid for me to place the content that I wanted to include.I then decided that I wanted to use a website to get an interesting font for the masthead so I used DaFont which helped me to gain this font which looked different and interesting which I think resembles the punk culture very well.After researching into a range of newspaper cover examples I decided that the best place for the masthead was directly at the top of the page.

I then decided to add an image I had found on the internet that helped support the quality of the product and also the subject of the story.Again I placed the image in the way that most of the other newspaper examples had placed theirs which was in the middle of the page, I think this is a good layout because it draws attention to the image straight away because it is in the centre.It also allows me to wrap my other content around the image.

I added in the text which I wrapped around the image which was my initial plan for this layout.I wrapped the text around the side and around the bottom of the image.I think this works well because it is still readable and it flows clear enough for the target audience and the reader to be able to look at the information.

Afterwards I added in the headline of the newspaper story which was ‘vicious found dead’, I used this title because it was quick and catchy and was similar to how other newspapers wrote their titles which gets the message and the subject of the story to the audience quickly.I have also placed it here because I think it works best and it is written in a bold font to draw attention to it.